How much does this cost? Something tells me we could have covered the planet in fibre for the price of these Starlink satellites.
If I were to ask my relevant government regulator if I were allowed to burn the equivalent of a few electric cars every day without capturing/scrubbing the pollution they would laugh me out of the room.
But ”in space” nobody can hold you accountable, so burning an order of magnitude more like this is somehow on the table.
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2024JD04...
That's less than maintenance opex for mobile networks operators in the US alone.
>Something tells me we could have covered the planet in fibre for the price of these Starlink satellites.
This isn't true. In fact, the subsidies spent on Fiber in the US, if providently used won't be enough.